Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 581 Thirty Years' Agreement

"So, this is why you two tricked me here?"

A young man who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, barehanded and barefoot, with white hair, stood there, looking at the two disciples beside him.

"Aren't you worried that we are blind and can't see the real treasure?"

"That's right, Master, you have reached a level of cultivation that is so profound that you must have seen that this place is extraordinary. Even if there are no treasures here, it is a spiritual place nurtured by the operation of the earth veins, and is very suitable for the practice of our Guizhen method. If we don't build a temple here soon, what will happen if someone takes it away?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I heard that several Taoist sects have wanted to build temples here. If it weren't for the influence of external forces, we would have no chance of success."

Listening to the explanations of the two disciples, the young man was a little annoyed: "Since there is an external force blocking it, it means that this place originally had an owner, or someone lived here. How can we cultivators occupy a place without asking the reason? What if it ruins the cultivation of others? Where have you remembered my teachings to you?"

His face was so perfect that he didn't look like that of an ordinary person. Even if there was a hint of anger on his face, it wouldn't make people feel intimidated. However, his temperament was extraordinary, and the slightest change in his expression was enough to make people feel afraid.

Under the earth veins, Chu Tai, who was hidden in the dark yellow jade carving, saw his old friend. Seeing that his demeanor had not changed much, he felt a little emotional.

Back then, Chu Tai entered the Qingqing world and got along quite well with Taoist Ruoque. They discussed Taoism and practiced together, and formed a deep friendship.

When Chu Tai left, he even helped to give up the fruits of his own practice to replenish the deficiency in his life.

Because of this action, Chu Tai at that time had some other understanding of [Flying Immortal]. He realized that the meaning of [Flying Immortal], in addition to being able to allow oneself to fly into the sky and hide in the ground, also contained the meaning of an unrestrained mind.

It was also at that time that Chu Tai and Taoist Ruo Que made an agreement to meet again in thirty years.

Unfortunately, as time passed, Chu Tai discovered at this moment that the operation of the world where Taoist Ruo Que lived was different from the outside world. In addition, the world inside the mirror would be affected by the power of the Lotus Mother, and there were also changes that happened.

Therefore, he had broken his promise for who knows how many decades.

But even in this situation of breaking the appointment, seeing the demeanor of his old friend again, Chu Tai couldn't help but recite the words of praise from those days: "The green lotus clothes and the lotus root cultivate life, the kind heart and the good nature are the light of the Dharma..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the white-haired young man's expression changed slightly. He looked back and saw a golden light emerging, spreading upwards, forming a gap in the middle, and expanding to both sides, revealing a road that appeared in front of the three people.

Because he and his senior brother had failed in their treasure hunt, the two brothers were a little surprised when they heard that their master was coming to look for him.

Both of them are cultivators who have practiced with their master for many years. They can feel the mystery contained in the golden light on both sides of the road, and can also feel that the aura at the end of the road is far beyond their reach, and even their master is far inferior to him.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw his teacher's face showing joy and walking downstairs quickly.

The two looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

As the three people walked past, the golden light on both sides returned, blocking their way out.

The two disciples were a little nervous, but Taoist Ruo Que didn't care at all and walked inside.

Soon, the master and his two disciples came to an underground cave, which was surrounded by many exotic flowers and plants, and in the center stood a statue of black and yellow jade.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Are you missing me, fellow Taoist?"

"May I ask where you come from, Senior? Do I know you?"

Ruo Que felt that the statue in front of him looked familiar, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember it, and felt a little embarrassed.

"When we met in the past, I was not in this form, and you were not in the state you are in now."

"It's not the current appearance. I wonder what the appearance is?"

Ruo Que felt something in his heart and asked casually, and Chu Tai chuckled.

The next moment, a ray of clear and pure air emerged from his body.

The air circulated in the sky, and green lotus leaves grew out of it. Each lotus leaf emitted a faint fluorescent light, giving people a feeling of purity, innocence, goodness and virtue.

"Green lotus leaf?"

Before Taoist Ruoque could express his opinion, the two disciples behind him could not help but speak.

Ruo Que suppressed his excitement, looked at Chu Tai, and asked, "Anything else?"

Another burst of laughter came from the jade statue, and then golden light rose up and merged with the clear air. The two intertwined and turned into a piece of painted silk that fell behind the dark yellow jade sculpture. Under the heavy rays of light, the jade that was originally an interweaving of dark and yellow colors gradually became somewhat transparent.

At the same time, the many green lotus leaves around it continued to overlap and turned into a three-leaf red lotus.

In the center of the lotus flower that was the size of a sea bowl, a spark the size of a bean was burning, emitting a glazed glow that illuminated the void in all directions and burned away the greed, anger, and ignorance in people's hearts.

"Red Lotus Fire!"

"No, the jade statue changed earlier. That was the great magical power of Bai Ou Shen!"

The two disciples exclaimed again and looked at Chu Tai with some horror.

In their memory, their own master Ruo Que Taoist was the number one person in the Xuanmen sect in the past five hundred years. He comprehended a nine-order method of reaching the sky from the three religions of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, as well as three great magical powers: the immortal lotus root body, the Confucian and Taoist green lotus clothes, and the monk red lotus fire.

He is the most powerful figure in this world, and is respected by the world as the person with the greatest possibility of becoming an immortal.

Nowadays, Guizhen Dao has spread its teachings far and wide and has countless disciples, but there are very few people who have truly cultivated the three great magical powers of red flowers, white lotus roots and green lotus leaves. Most of them practice secondary magical powers, such as the protective Qingxia simplified from the green lotus leaves, combined with the visualization of jade virtues, or the jade bone skills simplified from the lotus root.

This is a simplified version of the three great magical powers of their own sect, two of which are clearly related to jade, and the two disciples couldn't help but have some ideas.

Could it be that their master is the reincarnation of a senior, and the senior in the jade carving in front of them is the fellow practitioner of their master in the previous life?
So, even though this was a skill summarized by my master after decades of practice, the other party also knew similar methods.

Such thoughts also filled the mind of Taoist Ruoque.

But when he told Chu Tai his thoughts, he smiled and said, "Although we have a 30-year agreement, we agreed that it would be thirty after thirty. If anyone fails to keep the agreement, he will be a fake immortal. I never thought that I haven't even passed 30 years, but you don't know how many 30 years have passed. Although you have lost most of your memories, you still maintain your Taoism and gradually recover your cultivation. You are worthy of being someone who once achieved immortality and finally gave up immortality."

When Taoist Ruoque's disciples heard this, excitement appeared in their eyes, but then they became a little confused.

Why did my mentor give up his career as an immortal?

"Is there any problem with the immortal career?" Taoist Ruo Que directly raised his doubts. Chu Tai sighed and said, "There is naturally no problem with the immortal career you obtained back then. It's just that this world cannot bear the birth of an immortal for the time being. The most important thing is that there was a problem with the world back then, and we need to make up for it. And you happened to obtain the immortal career at that time..."

Chu Tai did not finish his words, but the other three people present had seen many storybooks, read many legends of immortals, agreed with the concepts therein, and immediately understood the cause and effect.

Ruo Que said with emotion, "So that's how it is. I was born with a destiny that was lacking in the heavens. Is it because everything has gone well for me in my life that I got the blessing from the heaven-mending operation? But how did you become like this, my friend? From what you said, you should have participated in the heaven-mending operation and gained great merit."

Facing Ruo Que's concern, Chu Tai asked with a smile: "Do you believe it so much? Aren't you afraid that I am actually deceiving you?"

"Ruo Que still trusts his feelings and doesn't think that the senior would joke about such a thing."

After saying this, Taoist Ruoque looked at Chu Tai, waiting for his answer.

After a while, Chu Tai still did not respond. Taoist Ruque seemed to be thinking about something. He turned around and looked at his disciples who were waiting for the next message with excitement. He could not help but hold his forehead secretly. He raised his hand to let the two of them step aside and cast a spell to cut off their external perception.

Finally, Ruo Que looked at Chu Tai again and said, "Can you speak now, fellow Taoist?"

"My situation is somewhat special. You can think of me as retaining a glimmer of hope and nurturing new strength."

"Preserve vitality and nourish strength."

Ruo Que was no ordinary person either. He guessed some key points immediately and asked, "The heaven and earth were not repaired back then."

"Yes."

"So, you brought me here so that I can help repair the world?"

"That's partly the reason, but more importantly, I want to see you again. After all, I've been late for the thirty-year agreement we agreed on."

Taoist Ruo Que shook his head and said, "I don't know what I was thinking back then, but I can be sure that if I knew that you broke your promise in order to take a step further, to suppress the disasters in the world, and for the sake of all people in the world, then I would definitely be happy."

"Although you are not him, I am still quite happy to hear these words from you."

As he spoke, Chu Tai conveyed to the other party the insights he had gained from his initial communication with Taoist Ruoque, as well as his new insights gained over the years.

Finally, he also drew a little power from the Dao Fruit fragments and gave it to Taoist Ruoque.

"This item is similar to the immortal karma you have obtained in the past. Under its protection, you can be more rapid in subsequent practice and have more powerful strength, which will make it easier for you to deal with some changes."

When Ruoque heard that the Dao Fruit fragments were similar to his immortal deeds in his previous life, he first showed a look of horror. It was unknown what he was thinking, and he was about to refuse.

But after hearing Chu Tai's subsequent words, he finally stretched out his hands, took it respectfully, and said that he would definitely use it well.

Chu Tai did not delve into the other party's thoughts. After communicating with Taoist Ruoque for a while, he let the three masters and disciples leave.

After leaving, Taoist Ruoque behaved contrary to his usual behavior and asked his disciples to contact other disciples.

"What are you going to do?"

Although the two disciples guessed something, they still couldn't help but ask, wanting to get a positive answer.

"This is where my old friend practiced, and we cannot allow outsiders to disturb him. Let your disciples build a temple here, erect a statue to worship him, and burn incense day and night. Also, let some of your disciples invite many Taoist monks and masters, and tell them that I have something to invite them for."

After saying that, Taoist Ruoque went to look for trees and stones by himself, and first built a simple house near the land vein occupied by Chu Tai for rest.

The two disciples originally thought that this place was suitable for their sect to practice, so they prepared some materials and contacted some people early on.

Now that I have the permission of my mentor, I can do it in a big way.

Many people who had originally been interested in this place or wanted to come here to hunt for treasure chose to withdraw after seeing this situation, making this place a lot quieter.

On the other hand, some people began to spread bad things about Ruo Que secretly, saying that he had occupied the treasure and wanted to occupy the spiritual land.

For a moment, the hearts of many practitioners in the world were in turmoil, and there were signs that something unexpected was about to happen.

The immortal and Buddhist monks who had originally set out because of Taoist Ruoque's invitation also felt something in their hearts and noticed the subtle changes in the destiny between heaven and earth. They all quickened their pace and rushed to where Taoist Ruoque was.

After a simple confirmation by Taoist Ruoque to make sure that there were no problems with the fellow Taoists gathered here, he took out three incense sticks and bowed to the statue made of an imitation of the black and yellow jade carving.

Smoke rose slowly, and Chu Tai's voice came out slowly: "I have already told you everything that can be said during the time you have lived here. Why don't you just tell them directly? Why bother me to waste my breath?"

"But there are some things that, without you, Fellow Daoist Taining, no one would believe you even if you talked till your lips were broken."

"Won't they be suspicious now?"

“At least they will take it more seriously.”

The simple exchange between the two sides made many cultivators nearby look surprised. From the moment Chu Tai opened his mouth, they cast spells to sense the source of the sound and the source of the power.

In the end, they all gained nothing. Finally, a Zen master looked at Taoist Ruoque and bowed, saying, "Master, what is going on here?"

Ruo Que did not hide too much and directly told everyone what he knew.

Hearing this, everyone first thought that Ruoque was lying, but the next moment they recalled Chu Tai's strength and the character that Ruoque had always demonstrated, and they all fell silent again.

The last Taoist couldn't help but speak: "If I hadn't seen the methods of Senior Taining before, even if I lacked the Tao..."

Halfway through his speech, the Taoist became concerned about Ruo Que's identity.

In his opinion, judging from his identity in this world, although Ruque's cultivation was slightly higher than his, he followed his Taoist sect to study in his early years and was of lower seniority than him, so there was nothing wrong with calling him fellow Taoist.

But if calculated according to the previous life, he must be called senior like Chu Tai.

Seeing that the other party was struggling, Ruo Que directly told him to just call him by his identity in this world, and many people present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Taoist continued, "Without that senior's methods, even if you, Daoist friend Ruoque, use your own character as a guarantee, we would not believe that the heaven and earth are flawed. After all, we have been practicing till now, and who has not sensed the heaven and earth? If the heaven and earth are really flawed, why have we practiced so hard for so many years? What are the laws of the Tao that we have sensed over the years? It is impossible that the heaven and earth are flawed, but the laws are complete."

(End of this chapter)